APMA News - September/October 2019 - 21

2019 Annual Scientific Meeting

Undergrads Step into Podiatry at The National

or the second year in a row, APMA hosted the Step
nities to shadow. Responses on the post-event evaluations unaninto Podiatry student recruitment event at the APMA
imously called the event extremely or very helpful. One called it
Annual Scientific Meeting (The National) to showcase
"the greatest opportunity ever presented to me to learn about
the profession to local prehealth students and prehealth advipodiatry, as there were a lot of podiatry specialists readily availsors. "APMA's market research showed that in-person experiable to answer any questions."
ences with podiatrists were critical to the recruitment process,"
APMA was extremely pleased with the outcome and parsaid Executive Director and CEO James R. Christina, DPM.
ticipation in the event and plans to make Step into Podiatry an
"With so many of the thought leaders in foot and ankle medicine
annual event at The National. "It's such an important opporand surgery gathered in one spot,
tunity to showcase the profession
The National is the perfect opporand also introduce prospective
Prospective students raved
tunity to provide those face-to-face
students to a warm, dynamic, proabout the event, and several
interactions."
fessional community at the AnnuThis year's event was structured
al Scientific Meeting," Kildale said.
followed up with podiatrists
to allow prospective students to
APMA continues to collaborate
in the weeks that followed to
maximize their time with young
with the American Association of
arrange opportunities to
physicians and current podiatry
Colleges of Podiatric Medicine on
shadow. Responses on the
students. "The ability to spend
student recruitment efforts, intime and talk with current podiacluding recruitment events for repost-event evaluations
try students consistently ranks as
gional and state meetings. If you
unanimously called the event
one of the most sought-after feaare interested in hosting a recruitextremely or very helpful.
tures of our recruitment events,
ment event at your local meeting,
according to our post-event suror if you would like more inforveys," said APMA Career Development Manager Tiffany Kildale.
mation about how to get involved in student recruitment ef"Our goal is to provide the prehealth students with as much
forts, contact Kildale at takildale@apma.org.
uninterrupted time as possible with the students."
Also, be sure to sign up to become a mentor so that stuStep into Podiatry 2019 took place on Friday, July 12, at the
dents may shadow you in your office. The grassroots particSalt Palace Convention Center. Nineteen prehealth students and
ipation of members helps ensure that more prospective
an advisor registered for the event, where they were introduced
students experience those vitally important face-to-face interto a panel of mentors, including Thomas Nordquist, DPM, a
actions with established podiatrists. Visit www.dpmnetwork.
young physician who practices in Illinois and attended Brigham
org to sign up today!
n
Young University; Rachel Albright, DPM, MPH, the most recent
graduate of APMA's TDI Public Health Fellowship; and Sriya
Babu, a fourth-year student at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine. Prospective students learned about each speaker's path to podiatry, the educational process, and their various
practice settings and specialties. Students were deeply engaged,
asking questions and interacting with the panel.
The American Podiatric Medical Students' Association Board
of Trustees joined the prospective students for lunch, answering
questions about the profession and their own educational experiences. The prospective students then spent time in the exhibit
hall meeting with representatives from the colleges of podiatric
medicine that were in attendance.
The grand finale was a hands-on cadaveric suture workshop
led by Jonathan Rouse, DPM, and Nicole DeLauro, DPM. ProAPMA's Step into Podiatry event gave prospective students an inside look
spective students raved about the event, and several followed up
at podiatric medicine and surgery, including the opportunity to try their
with podiatrists in the weeks that followed to arrange opportuhands at suturing on cadaver feet.
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